英 [drɪə(r)] 美 [drɪr]
adj. （文学）阴郁的，悲伤的；沉闷的，枯燥乏味的（同 dreary）
causing dejection
同义词： blue / dark / depressing / dingy / disconsolate / dismal / dispiriting / gloomy / grim / sorry / drab / dreary
阴郁的(drear), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
... arrear 尾数；拖欠 drear 阴沉的 sear 零落凋落 ...
... 安眠 sleep peacefully 沉寂的 drear 沉寂的深夜 in the still of night ...
dreary 沉闷的，枯燥的
When leaves fall, blooms fade, all drear.
当叶落花谢天寒。
Tell how his boyhood was one drear night-hour.
告诉你他童年是怎样阴沉的夜？
Was he to pay a year of his life to verify the certainty of being thrust into the drear realm of the null-talented?
用一年的时间做代价来证明自己没有任何天赋，然后被强行送到没有魔法的平凡世界？
Yet the attempt should surely be made, drear as that prospect is for a country that has haggled and failed twice since 1987.
As morning dawns, musicians stumble home to financial drear.
ECONOMIST: What do musicians do when they rock towards retirement?
PQ aided by the electoral system can but retain power, or regain it after defeat, it can try again and again until it wins, in a long nightmare of uncertainty worse than drear for Quebec and Canada alike.